The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-19
LOUISVILLE JOCKEY CLUB
DISAPPOINTTHE PEOPLE BIZ THE
WAY THE GREAT
Merchants Stake Was Run - 1t
Promised to be the Event o
thel Meeting,
BUT 1T DWINDLED DOWN TO A
WALK OVER.
Tolante, AutOcrat, Violet, Loftin aud
MOdesty We're the Winners of
the Other Drives.

LOUISVILLE, N.Y., may l6.-The at
tendance at thG Louisville Jockey
Club grounds today was fair, but the
programme was disappointment.
Toe Merchants Stake, which prom
Used to be the greatest event of the
meeting, dwindled down to a virtual
walk over for Baldwin's Volapte.
Montana Regent, the phenomenal Egg.
mont and Wary were entered, but
their owners ware afraid of the Cali
fornian, and only Volante, Miss Ford
ard Elg,n started. Volante galoped
in an easy wiz Miss FJid second,
and Elgin b, Jhird. The track was
somewhat heav the weather bright
and warm. Modesty and Volante
were the only favofites who won.
Autocrat, Violet and LOT in, respec.
lively fou", six and three to one
choices, were the dark ones who
walked away with the money in tie
other events. CheatAam's starting
was not up to his usual standard,
The judges were Capt. Sam Brown.
Col. CLARK and Col. John Faulkner.
First Race -FIvs-eightEs of a mile:
for maiden two year olds, club puIse
$780, of which 800 to second. Bet
ting and starters Four to / against
Truxillo, Mono "a, 90; 10 to l, Big.
goyet, Gerhard! e.: % to l, Msry
johnson, BteCk. fridge, 90; 4 to l, Au-
tociat, Hathaway, So; 10 to /, Fiiks,
Warwick, go; 6 to l, White, West
800 10 70 l, Buckeye, Johnston, So; 4
to l, the Grow, Freeman, 92; 10 TO l.
Aberdeen, Adams, 95; 2 to /, Bertha
Harris, 81. Autocrat got the best of
the start, and at the three quarter pole
was three lengths in front of the
bunch. He was never reached, and
finished first by three lengths in 1.O4.
White wgs second an0 Bipeoyet third.
TIE fsvolite, Berthe, and Grow, tbs
second choice, were not in the race
after the stretch was reached. q
Second Race -One mile and one.
fourth; for maiden three year olds.
purse $3.50, Of which $50 TO
second. Betting and starters:
Eight to slirkswsy, Freeman.
1O2; 6 to l Clay Sexton
Turner, 1902; 10 to 1 Miss Olevelad,
Green, 81; 8 to Violet, Scott, 100; 20
to Union Jscd, Johns On, 1902; 4 10 L
W, II, II Gerhsrdy, l05; Is to Bell
Taw, Watsen, 102; 10 to 1 Billy Lin
coin, Finnegsp, l02; 4 10 l Lotiie
Wall, West, 100. Little Wall was left
at the pc t to a bad start. Sickaway
was at the front at the three. quarter
pole, but V o,et won by half length
Billy Lincoln second and Bell Tsw
third. Time I:1S.
Third Race --Seven.eighths of mile
sailing; parse $3.50, OF which $50 to
second. Betting and starters: Seven
to 10 Handy Andy, Wa'eon, SO; 8 to l
Eliza Garter, Patton, 1909; is to Doc
tor, Gerhardy, 102; 10 to I Falls City,
Matthews l05; 3 to Loftin, Cooper,
10Y; s TO I Watch En-, Finpegan, "a;
Alto Uncle Dan, Turner, l07. Eliza
Garter got off first to bad start. LOT
tin won by neck in 1882; Handy
Andy second, Doctor third.
FO,trH Rdce.-Merchants' stake, one
mile and one.eiRhth; &l000 added by
the merchants of Louisville, OF which
$3.50 to second, 500 to third and $50
to fourth. There were thirty.two en-
tries end only three starters. Betting
and starters-1 to 4 against Volante
(Murphy), $l22; 10 to one against
Miss Ford WEST, &97; "A to one against
EIgin Newis), 122. Miss Ford was Of
first, Elgin second aud Volante third.
These positions were maintained to
the three quarters. Turning into the
stretch they were even, Lewis begin.
ming to whip Elgin. Miss Ford held
frat to within ten lengths OF the wire,
when Volante moved forward, win.
mig easily by half length Mics
Ford second, EIgin third, two lengths
behind. Time-1 1851.
Fifth Rdce.-Six furlongs; club
purse, all ages. Betting and starters:
IL to /, Lady Max, johnson, 95; Is to
/. Darkhall, Gerhsrdy, 81; 30 to l,
Tom Berlin, Saunders, ITO; 5 to l,
Labelle N, Harris, lO6; 8 to 5, Mod
esty, BIsylock, 108; 10 to /, Colonel
Owens, Turner, ITO; Is to l, Wan
deroo, Lewis, 40; 80 to l, Luke Ajax
snder, Hogan 100; 4 to l, Estrella,
West, los. LRbelle N. led to the head
Of the stretch, where Modesty came
forward, Modesty won; Wsnderoo
second, Colonel Ovens third. Time
1:16.